Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Regular Monthly Meeting Last Night
Officers Elected.

Regular Monthly Meeting Last Night
Officers Elected.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was held ut the
rooms of the organization, last night, Prcsi-
dent Logan in the chair and twenty-five
members present. 1t being the first meet
ing of the new year, the election OF officers
was the first business engaging the at
tentiOn of the Chamber, but before pro-
ceeding to an election President Logan
addressed the Chamber, reviewing the work
done by it during the past year, and the
good which had been accomplished. No
nomination for President was made, the
members of the Chamber, on motion of Mr..
j. d. Ewing, casting their ballots for the
person they might Individually prefer.
When the ballots were counted, it was
found that President Logan had received
"a of the 20 votes cast. He was therefore
declared elected.
On motion of Mr.. Sweeney Mr.. w. 4.
Wilson was appointed to cast the. vote Of the
Chamber for i've Vice Presidents. Mr..
Wilson cast the vote for w. f.. Hughes,
Joseph Speidel, lIullihen Quarter ID. &.
List Jr. and J. d. CulbertSon, the old
Vice Presidents.
The election of Board of Directors was
the next business The President and five
ice Presidents are er otici0 members of
the Board, and seven other members make
up the full number of thirteen. The Cham
Der selected as these seven MessrS. A. j.
Sweeney. w. A. Wilson, NJ. Reilly, NJ. i.
OFT, w. Il. Simpson, Hugo Loose and II.
2. McGregOr.
When this matter had been settled, the
regular call for reports OF committees was
made, but nothing OF Importance was
brought forward until the Railroad Com
mittce was reached, when President Logan
called the attention of the Chamber to the
new bill of lading gotten up by the rail-
roads There was to have been a paper
before the Chamber on the subject, but rs
the gentleman especially informed upon
the matter was absent, and no one pres
ent seemed to he sufficiently well posted,
the matter was dropped informally. In
this same connection, Mr.. Kraft Offered n
resolution, which was referred to the Rail
road Committee, asking that body to en-
deavOr to arrange to have freight received
ut the Pewiky and L. II o. depOts up to
> p. M. daily, except Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Campbell moved that the
Committee on Railroads confer with the
Presidents OF the railroads centering on
the Ohio side of the river, opposite the
| city, with view to inducing the roads to
make their termini upon the Island.
The resolution was referred. Mr.. Camp
bell referred to the efforts made few
years ago to induce these roads TO come
across the West Branch of the river, and
said he thought the time had come when
the Chamber might with prOprlety make
! n further effort in that direction.
The subject of the coming Reunion of
! the Society of the Army Of West Virginia
came up through the announcement that
the Committee of Veterans, recently APP
pointed, had requested the appointment of
a like committee by the Chamber After
general discussion, Mr. McGregor offered
| the following:
ResOlwd, That at the request Of the Re
union Executive Committee of the Society
of the Army of West Virginia q commit
tee of seven be appointed by the President
to cooperate with the said committee ap-
pointed by the Army Of West Virginia to
assist in carrying on the reunion to be
held next August,
This resolution was unanimously adopt
ed.
The President announced that he would
not appoint the committee until after he
had conferred with the Veteran committee
The Chamber then adjourned.